Australian A-League Men

FT Sunday, April 17, 2016
Perth Glory FC WWWWL 0
–
Melbourne City FC WWWLL 2
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PER000
MBC112
AAMI Park · 11,273 att.

Match Report

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Bruno Fornaroli brace sends Melbourne City into A-League semifinals

Melbourne City will play Adelaide United in next weekend's A-League semifinals after beating Perth Glory 2-0 on Sunday.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
16
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
2
44.8
Possession
55.2
10
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
268
Accurate Passes
373
381
Passes
469
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
12
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
58
29
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
5
28
Effective Tackles
11
35
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
10
15
Clearances
16

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas SorensenG
  2. 24Patrick KisnorboCD-L
  3. 2Alex WilkinsonCD-R
  4. 22Jack ClisbyLB
  5. 18Paulo RetreRB
  6. 33Osama MalikCM
  7. 8Aaron MooyLM
  8. 29Anthony CáceresRM
  9. 23Bruno FornaroliF
  10. 19Ben GaruccioLF
  11. 27Nick FitzgeraldRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Aaron HughesSUB
  2. 26Marc MarinoSUB
  3. 20Dean BouzanisSUB
  4. 4Connor ChapmanSUB
  5. 25Jacob MellingSUB

PER · 4-4-2

  1. 1Ante CovicG
  2. 2Alex GrantCD-L
  3. 4Shane LowryCD-R
  4. 3Marc WarrenLB
  5. 19Joshua RisdonRB
  6. 7Gyorgy SandorCM-L
  7. 23Krisztián VadóczCM-R
  8. 10Nebojsa MarinkovicLM
  9. 14Chris HaroldRM
  10. 17Diego CastroCF-L
  11. 9Andy KeoghCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Mitchell OxborrowSUB
  2. 11Richard GarciaSUB
  3. 6Dino DjulbicSUB
  4. 21Kosta PetratosSUB
  5. 12Jerrad TysonSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Chris Harold (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Shane Lowry (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Aaron Mooy (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 39' Diego Castro (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 40' Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Perth Glory 0. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a corner.
  6. 45' Substitution, Perth Glory. Dino Djulbic replaces Alex Grant.
  7. 53' Patrick Kisnorbo (Melbourne City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 68' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Jacob Melling replaces Anthony Caceres.
  9. 68' Substitution, Perth Glory. Richard Garcia replaces Chris Harold.
  10. 73' Richard Garcia (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 74' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Marc Marino replaces Ben Garuccio.
  12. 76' Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Perth Glory 0. Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  13. 80' Substitution, Melbourne City FC. Connor Chapman replaces Paulo Retre.
  14. 82' Substitution, Perth Glory. Kosta Petratos replaces Krisztian Vadócz.

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